Continuing Professional Education (CPE)

RD/Ns and N/DTRs are required to earn CPEs over a 5-year period to maintain credential status. In compliance with the CDR Professional Development Portfolio (PDP):

RD/N registration includes 75 hours of continuing education every five years

N/DTR registration includes 50 hours of continuing education every five years

Continuing Professional Education Prior Approval Instructions

The Comission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) has switched to a paperless system for prior approval of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) activities.

All activities and their supporting materials are now submitted directly to the CDR Database by the organization’s contact, and then reviewed by the Virginia affiliate reviewer online. Activity verifications are generated by the CDR CPE Database.

Click the link below to access the Prior Approval CPE Guidelines and the Online CPE Database.